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##§$~^¨¨¨¨ ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ¨¨¨¨^~$§##
#¤¤*~~~¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨~~~*¤¤#
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###§¤$*~^¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ¨^~*$¤§###
#§$*^¨¨¨¨¨ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ¨¨¨¨¨^*$§#
###§¤$*~^¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨^~*$¤§###
§$~^^¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨¨¨¨¨^^~$§
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##§§¤$*~^¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨^~*$¤§§##
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###§¤$*~^¨ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨^~*$¤§###
#¤¤$~^¨¨¨¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨¨^~$¤¤#
###§¤$*~^¨ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨^~*$¤§###
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#§¤¤¤$*~^¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨^~*$¤¤¤§#
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